Companies in certain sectors, such as hospitality, restaurants, entertainment and some retail, may view the language used in the upcoming decision on the Affordable Care Act more significantly than others because of its impact on their costs.

“The takeaway for GCs [general counsels] is the increasing focus by the SEC on injunctive – and perhaps even market-changing – relief such as extracting from defendants admissions of culpability, retractions of prior statements, and agreements to exit key markets,” according to attorney Beth Boland.

The case went to Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which said the bankruptcy court did not have authority from the U.S. Constitution to say if the assets in the trust fund were part of the bankruptcy estate.

The EEOC sued the company for not hiring qualified women applicants for mining jobs. But the company wants the lawsuit dismissed because the EEOC failed to make enough of an effort to reach a settlement before the suit was filed.